The Rage: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Rage: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was both the ninth album and first movie soundtrack by the band Midnight Syndicate, released February 26, 2008. The album features the score to the 2007 horror film, The Rage, composed by Edward Douglas.[1][2]

The Rage: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Midnight Syndicate
Released	February 26, 2008
Genre	Soundtrack, Dark Ambient, Neoclassical Dark Wave
Label	Entity Productions
Producer	Edward Douglas
Midnight Syndicate chronology
Out of the Darkness (Retrospective: 1994–1999) (2006) The Rage: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008) The Dead Matter: Cemetery Gates (2008)

Background and release

After leaving the KNB EFX Group in 2003, Rage, director, Robert Kurtzman moved to Ohio to form Precinct 13 Entertainment.[3] In a 2010 interview, Kurtzman said: When I came to Ohio, I wanted to get The Rage going and I wanted to make it in Ohio with as many Ohioans as I could. I had some of their (Midnight Syndicate) CDs, that I had picked up at conventions. Someone told me that Ed (Douglas) and his partner lived in Cleveland. I called them up and asked them if they wanted to be involved with our independent movie. That is really how the relationship started.[4] At that point, Midnight Syndicate had a well-established reputation in the Halloween/horror music, haunted attraction, and gaming industries having released eight albums that featured a blending of instrumental symphonic music and soundscape.[5][6] Daniel Hinds of Outburn Music Magazine said that, given their previous work, it made "perfect sense" for them to "feel right at home" scoring movie soundtracks.[7] The album was released and distributed through Entity Productions, one of the largest distributor of Halloween music CDs at the time.[8]

Reception

Dread Central praised the soundtrack calling it "a rare piece of music where the sound defines the picture" noting homages to Brad Fiedel's Terminator soundtrack and Goblin's Dawn of the Dead (1978).[9] Daniel Hinds of Outburn called the soundtrack "surprisingly well rounded" and "larger than life" adding that while, because the pacing and arrangement of the album were tied to the film, it "might not be as satisfying as a spin of one of Midnight Syndicate's independent albums," it still made for a "gripping" listen that should "fit nicely next to your John Carpenter soundtracks."[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Theme from The Rage"	2:55
2.	"Injecting the Formula"	4:11
3.	"In the Forest Deep"	2:51
4.	"Dr. V's Lab"	3:04
5.	"Feeding Time"	1:32
6.	"Don't Go in There"	2:57
7.	"Uncle Ben Montage"	0:57
8.	"Crash Aftermath"	1:11
9.	"Uncle Ben Under the Winnebago"	1:52
10.	"The Waterfall"	2:14
11.	"Birds of Prey"	3:15
12.	"Meet Dr. V"	4:00
13.	"Kiss the Monkey"	3:19
14.	"Dr. V's Theme"	4:21
15.	"Surrounded"	1:47
16.	"Breakthrough"	3:18
17.	"Showdown in the Lab"	2:12
18.	"Gor"	2:46
19.	"Final Confrontation with Dr. V"	4:45

Personnel

• Edward Douglas – composer

Production

• Producer – Edward Douglas
• Album Producers - Midnight Syndicate
• Mastering – Gavin Goszka
• Design - Brainstorm Studios
• Photography - Precinct 13 Entertainment[1]

References

1. The Rage Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2008, CD) on Discogs
2. The Rage (2007) on IMDb
3. Julie Washington, "Horror flick made in Ohio", The Plain Dealer, (Cleveland, OH), Pg. E1,5
4. Media Mikes interview with Robert Kurtzman
5. Scream Kings Jason Bracelin, Cleveland Scene Magazine (Cleveland, OH), May 25, 2005, Pg. 10-13.
6. Leonard Pickel, "Setting the Mood for an Industry", Haunted Attraction Magazine (Charlotte, NC), Pg. 24-28,38-41
7. Daniel Hinds, "Music Reviews: The Rage Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Outburn (Thousand Oaks, CA), July 2007, Issue 41, Pg. 91
8. Carl Feather, "Syndicate ready for Halloween", Star Beacon (Ashtabula, OH), October 8, 2008, Pg. B1
9. Reviews: The Rage Soundtrack (CD) Buz Wallick, Dread Central, April 18, 2008